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However, I recently saw the claim that John Calvin believed that descendants of Christians, even several generations removed, were entitled to the sign of the covenant, without the requirement of a Christian … Did Calvin believe that descendants of church members, even to two or more generations, were entitled to infant baptism, even without a Christian guardian? …

as rector of the university, some suspected Calvin wrote the speech. … that Calvin had any influence on the content of the speech? or that Calvin was accused simply because of his friendship with Cop? …

Did Calvin recognize or observe Christmas during public worship? Did he do so only in certain places or times in his career? And if so, in what way did he observe it? … To be clear, I'm not interested in whether or not Calvin gave gifts on Christmas or otherwise celebrated the holiday outside public worship. …

This sounds very much like the "spiritual presence" view of the Lord's supper, advocated by John Calvin and widely held today in Reformed theology. …

Thomas Aquinas died in Italy, while John Calvin was born in France and died in Switzerland: two countries that share a border with Italy. … What is the evidence that Calvin read or did not read Summa Theologica? And if he never read it, what prevented him from doing so? …

For example: I was thus surprised to learn, while listening to a lecture by Kevin Twit, that John Calvin opposed the use of harmony in congregational singing: Calvin, for instance, did not think … MTW Global Missions Conference 2013] In which of his writings did Calvin express this preference? Was "the unity of the body" the only basis for it? …